All language subtitles for American.Gangster.2007.1080p.PCOK.WEB-DL.DDP.5.1.H.264-PiRaTeS_track3_[eng]

[ Man Yelling In Spanish ]

[ Yelling
In Spanish Continues ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

Happy...

Thanksgiving!
[ Cheering ]

Get 'em here.

[ Woman ]
Bumpy, let me get one!

Here!
[ Man ]
Right here!

[ Man #2 ]
I need a bird, Bumpy!
[ Woman #2 ] Bumpy!

- Bumpy!
- Here you go, darlin'!

Frank, come.
Come here.

[ Bumpy ]
This is the problem.

This is what's wrong
with America.

It's gotten so big,
you just can't find your way.

The grocery store
on the corner
is now a supermarket.

The candy store
is McDonald's.

And this place--
a super-fuckin'
discount store.

Where's the pride
of ownership?

Huh?

Where's
the personal service?

[ Chuckles ]

Thanks.

You see what I mean?
Shit.

I mean, what right
do they have...

of cutting out
the suppliers?

Pushing out
all the middlemen.

Buying direct
from the manufacturer.

[ Chuckles ]
Sony this,

Toshiba that.

All them Chinks
putting Americans
out of work.

[ Man On TV ]
He had plans to take place
in Quâng Tri Province.

Uh, from Laos--

That's the way it is now.

You all right?

You can't find
the heart of anything...

to stick the knife.

Hey! Anybody here?

Can I help you?
Call an ambulance.

Forget it, Frank.

There's no one in charge.

[ Grunting ]

Call an ambulance!

[ Man ]
Some say Bumpy Johnson
was a great man.

According to eulogies,
a giving man,
a man of the people.

No one chose to use
in their remembrances...

the word most often associated
with Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson--
gangster--

whose passing has brought
a who's who of mourners
on this chilly afternoon.

The K.C. mob boss
Dominic Cattano,

Harlem crime figure
Nicky Barnes.
What's happenin'?

From the political arena,
the governor's come down.

The mayor of New York,
the chief of police
and commissioner,

sports and entertainment
luminaries.

Bumpy Johnson,
age 62 when he passed,

was a folk hero
among Harlem locals
for over four decades.

Regarded by some
as the Robin Hood of Harlem,

by others
as a ruthless criminal.

[ Man ]
I don't understand it.

I would have thought
that Bumpy would've put out
a better spread than that.

Want something?
Hungry? No.

I want chicken wings
at my funeral.

Who is that?
He didn't know what hit him.
You know what I'm sayin'?

I just kept
poppin' him in the face,
'cause that's how I do.

[ Woman Laughing ]

Mm.

Don't have a light.
You know what I mean?

Oh. Mm. Oh.

Mm.

Okay.
Well, that's very good.

Hey, Frank.

Go get me a light
while you're at it.

Appreciate it.

Don Cattano.

Hey. How you doing, Rossi?
You doing all right?
Good.

[ Bartender ]
Would you like a drink, sir?
Give me a scotch on the rocks.

[ Lips Smacking ]
Come on.

Come on.

Uh, I know
you're hurting, Frank.

So am I.

I'm all right.

You gonna be
all right?
Yeah.

I'm sure Bumpy didn't
say anything to you,

but he made me promise
that if anything
ever happened to him...

that I should make sure
that you want for nothing.

I appreciate that.

Half the people in this room
owed Bumpy money
when he died.

They think
I'm gonna forget to collect,
but I'm gonna get that money.

Well, that's the spirit.
Go get 'em.

[ Man ]
Mr. Roberts.

Taking the prosecution's side,
give us U.S. v. Meade.

Subject, issues,
what the determination was...

and what it means
to us today.

Class, you'll be
critiquing Mr. Roberts,
so pay attention.

[ Roberts ]
I hate hearing my name called.
You know?

I gotta get up
in front of the class.

I got to turn around.

And I know every one
of those people there,
they know more than I do.

The number-one
fear of people--
It ain't dying.

It's public speaking.
I get physically ill.
I wanna throw up.

And that's what you
wanna do for a living.

Hell, I don't wanna be
like that, man.
I wanna beat it.

So should I do this?
No. He'll take it from me.

He knows me.
I've known him
since high school.

From high school?
Good morning.

Here. If he doesn't take it,
just throw it in.
That's good service.

Throw it in?
Yeah.

All right.

What's up, Susie?
Hey, Jay.

How you doin', baby?
All right.

All right.
Ready?

[ Man On Stereo ]
* Well, let's do it
in the road *

[ Dog Barking ]

* I said, we can do it
in the road *

* Oh, let's do it
in the road *

[ Screams ]

* Why can't we do it
in the road? *

You... are... supposed to...
be my friend, asshole!
[ Yelling ]

[ Man ]
I swear to God, Richie.
I didn't know it was you.

I would never slam a door
on your hand knowingly.

You bit
my fuckin' hand.

What are you doin'
servin' subpoenas anyway?

[ Man #2 ]
We're on loan to county.
County?

How's that workin' out
for you?
Hey, fuck you.

Hey, I'm sorry.
I-- Consider me served.

Can we-- Can we--
Can we leave it there?

Assault on
a police officer?
I don't think so.

Hey, for old times' sake.
What can we do?

What do you want?
What can I give you?

What do you
get for assault
with a deadly weapon, Jay?

- Five years minimum.
- [ Roberts ] Five years.

No, guys. Come on, no.
Guys, what do you wa--
Who do you want?

- Who do you got?
- You want-- You want
Big Al's bookie?

You want his accountant?
I'll give him to you.

[ Police Radio Chatter ]

[ Man ]
No, stop, stop, stop. Stop.

There he is.

That's him.
That's the bookie.

[ Roberts ]
All right, Carlo, get lost.

What, right here? This is--
Yeah, right here.
Get out of the car.

I'd rather not.
Come on.

Let's go.

Take it ease.

We gonna stay with him
or the car?

Well, let's see
who comes for the car.

Think he made us?

You called in
the warrants, right?
So where are they?

I just called, man.

I called and walked back here,
and 10 seconds has gone by.

I saw him
with the slips, Jay.

You saw policy slips?
You saw grocery bags.

You don't know what's in 'em.
Yes, I do,
and so do you.

Don't give me that bull.
What's the rush, Richie?

Half an hour,
the warrant'll be here.
I got night school, all right?

Guess you're gonna miss it.

Ahh.

Fuck this. Come on.
Are you sure?

Yeah. I'm sure.
Let's go.

Fuck.

Jay.
Yeah.

Fuck.

[ Man On Radio ]
WBZ, honey bunch.

And love is the groovy sound
of the Jefferson Kaye
Saturday night show.

Dig, honey.
It's coming up time for news.

Jumpin' up and seein'
the wallpaper peelin' on WBZ.

Stick around.
The J. man's
got 10 back in 10.

** [ Funk ]
[ Radio Off ]

It's not just
a couple of bucks,
all right?

It's the same thing,
in principle.

Oh, what,
we talkin' principles?

Richie, a cop who turns in
this kind of money
says one thing.

He turns in cops
who take money.

We'll be
fuckin' pariahs.

- Yeah, well, then
we're fucked both ways.
- Not if we keep it.

Only if we don't,
then you're right.
We're fucked.

But not if we keep it.

Goddamn it, man.
Did we ask for this?

Did we put a gun
to someone's head
and say, "Give us your money"?

Cops kill cops they can't trust.

We can't turn it in, man.

Do you believe that?

How much is it?

$987,000.

Well, what happened
to the rest of it?
[ Chuckles ]

What the hell are you doing
counting it in front
of everybody? You nuts?

Get it in the bags,
seal 'em and down
to the property room.

You fuckin'
Boy Scout.

What?

What?

[ Knocking ]

Detective Trupo,
sign here.

[ Trupo ]
You guys ready to make
a lot of fuckin' money?

[ Man ] Always.
[ Man #2 ]
Hell, yeah.
[ Trupo ] Fuckin' A.

[ Man #1 ] Whoa!
[ Trupo ] Whoa.

[ Man #3 ]
Look at this.

[ Trupo ]
There you go. All right.

Look at this.
[ Man #2 ]
Fuckin' beautiful.

There's three
more votes.

- Hey. Don't lose
any of that shit.
- [ Man #1 ] I know.

- [ Trupo ]
All right? Be careful.
- [ Man #2 ] All right.

Hey.
Just enough
for the reagent test.

A little less.

[ Rossi Narrating ]
That's just
the French Connection dope.

Kilos of the same dope
Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso
took from us.

The cops seize it,
arrest everyone,

and they start taking it out
of the evidence room,

whacking it down to nothing
and selling it back to us.

They basically control
the market with it.

Well, Mr. Rossi,
I have a surprise for you.

They've been doing this
for years.

They live off it-- our dope.
What do you think?

What the fuck is happening
to the world, Frank?

Fuckin' crooks.

Yeah. Sad about Bumpy.

Things are never gonna
be the same in Harlem.

You walk down the street,
nobody bothers you...

'cause Bumpy
was making sure of it.

Half a key.

How is your day now?

It's chaos.
Every gorilla for hisself.

Who can live like that?

There has to be order.
That would never happen
with Italians.

More important
than any one man's life
is order.

Frank.

Hey.
Come on in, Claude.
Sit down.

How y'all doin',
huh?
Yeah.

So, you seen Nate
over there?

[ Claude ]
Yeah, all the time.

Nate is everywhere.
Yeah?

It's good.
He's still over there?

Yeah. Got him--
Got himself a club now.
Okay.

Whereabouts?
Saigon?

Bangkok.
Bangkok?

I don't think
he's ever comin' home.

Come on.

[ Woman ]
Taste this for me.
[ Man ] Okay, okay, okay.

On the house.
For our boys in uniform.

[ Claude ]
Thank you, sugar.
That's very kind.

Thank Frank.
Thanks, Frank.

Just relax.

You're gonna have
to boot this shit
a couple of times.

The cops keep cuttin' it,
sellin' the shit.

I don't wanna say anything
'cause the price is right.

But that shit in Nam...

is way,

way heavy.

[ Man On Radio ]
* Only the strong survive *

* Yeah, you gotta be a man
You gotta take a stand *

What, you ain't see
the jar, Frank?

Hmm?
I think you walked
right past it.

The money jar, Frank.
What I gotta do,
put a fuckin' sign on it?

Hmm?

[ Chuckles ]
Look at this nigga
right here.

You know, Frank,
Bumpy don't own
116th no more.

Bumpy don't own no real estate
in Harlem right now.

I'm the landlord,
and the lease is 20%.

Well, look, don't--
Don't sell dope then, Frank.

Get a real job.
You need a fuckin' job,
Frank?

Hmm? That what you need?
Well, you can come work for me.

Okay?
You can drive me around. Huh?
You can open my doors. Huh?

"Yes, sir." "No, sir."
"Right away, sir."

"Uh, anything you want,
Massa Johnson."

Twenty percent.

Twenty percent
is my profit, Tango.

If I give you that,
what do I got left?
Nothin', right?

Twenty percent puts me out
of business and every somebody
you know out of business.

There's legitimate ways
of doin' things, Tango,
and then there's this way.

Not even Bumpy took 20%.

Bumpy's fuckin' dead.

My man.

Twenty percent?

Twenty percent.

Doc. Let's go.

[ Man On TV ]
The drug problem in Vietnam
is more than marijuana.

At this point, it is
estimated that one-third
of American troops...

are experimenting
with opium and heroin.

The authorities say
they've confiscated...

large quantities
of marijuana,
heroin and pills.

Every person
and every vehicle
going through the gates...

is subject
to a thorough shakedown.

[ Man #2 ]
Soldiers have access
to the drugs...

at many rest
and relaxation spots...

in Bangkok, Saigon
and other areas throughout
Vietnam and Thailand.

Officials say
the easy availability,
relatively cheap cost...

and high purity of heroin
throughout Saigon
and the Far East...

is leading to an epidemic
of heroin addiction
among U.S. soldiers.

[ Woman On Phone ]
Operator.
[ Frank ] Yeah, international.

What city?
Bangkok.

- You know
the country code?
- Yeah. 376.

- For the first three minutes,
it'll be--
- All right, I got it. I got it.

[ Man Speaking Thai ]
Hello?

Soul Brothers.
Hey, can I help you?

Nate.

Do I know you?
Yeah, it's me.

Who?
Me. Frank.
Your cousin, Negro.

Go on and get yourself
a new suit.

Look, I'm sorry.
Oh, please, Richie.

It couldn't be avoided.
I will take him next weekend,
all right?

We're moving.
[ Cap Gun Pops ]

What?
Where?

The St. Regis.
What do you care?

My sister's.

Your sister's?
In Vegas?

Yeah.
You are not movin'
to Las Vegas.

Not with Michael anyway.

What am I supposed
to do with him?

Leave him with you?
There's a picture.

[ Bottles Shattering ]
Hey, guys, be cool.

Laurie, Las Vegas
is not the kind of place
that you raise a kid.

Oh, like-- like this
is a good environment?

And around yourfriends?

When am I supposed
to see my boy?

This weekend.
Last weekend.

[ Bottles Shattering ]
Goddamn it.

- [ Men Laughing ]
- Hey! I asked you nice
to shut up, right?

Now I'm gonna
have to kill you.

I swear I will pull out my gun
and put a bullet
in your fuckin' head!

Now, stop what you're doin'
and pick up the glass!
Calm down, man, okay? Be cool.

Fuckin' crazy, man.

You don't have a gun.

You sure?

You are crazy, Richie.

You don't have room
for us.

I'll see you in court.
[ Cap Gun Pops ]

Come on, Michael!

Say good-bye
to your dad.

Get over here.
Hey, kiddo.

See you next week,
all right?
We'll do somethin'.

[ Laurie ]
Let's get you
an ice cream.

[ Woman ]
You have
10 minutes remaining.

Ten minutes.

[ Knuckles Crack ]
[ Sighs ]

[ Man ]
Whoo! Whoo-hoo!

Whoo!

Shake it, baby!
Shake it, shake it,
shake it, shake it!

Aw, come on, girl.
Don't take but $5.00
to do a little somethin'.

Can you dig that it
costs money to be here?

Aw, come on, girl.
Don't take but $5.00 to do
a little somethin'-somethin'.

** [ Ends ]

[ Patrons Whistling ]

[ Speaking Thai ]

How much you want,
Frank?

Tell him I want
a hundred keys.

Frank, ain't nobody I know
can get you that much
personally, all right?

You're gonna have
to piece it together
from several sources.

And it's not gonna be
a hundred percent pure.

Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh.
I don't want that.

I know what you
don't want, Frank.

But, look. What you gonna need
is to get to the Chiu Chou
syndicate, all right?

You ain't hearin' me.
Cholon. Saigon.

If they're gonna
deal with you at all.
I understand that.

But by then
it's gonna be too late.
It'll be already chopped up.

I wanna go get it
where they go get it from.
I wanna go to the source.

So you're gonna
get it yourself?
Why not?

Huh?
I came this far.

You gonna go into
the motherfuckin' jungle?
I'm in the jungle. Look around.

They eatin' these roaches
and... whatever that is.

Nigga, I'm talkin'
about snakes, all right?
I'm talkin' about tigers.

I'm talkin' about Vietcong.
I'm talkin' about mosquitoes
that'll fuckin' kill yo' ass.

You wanna go
into the jungle?
We goin'.

- Fuck it. Let's go.
- We goin'.

Why not?
Let's go.

Hey, Frank.

This whole spot's
locked down
by the Kuomintang.

General Chiang Kai-shek's
defeated army.

[ Girl Chattering
In Foreign Language ]

[ Speaks
Foreign Language ]

How would you get it
into the States?

You ain't got
to worry about that.

Who do you work for in there?
You ain't got
to worry about that either.

Who are you really?

Frank Lucas.
Says it right there
in my passport.

I mean, who you represent?
Me.

You think you're going
to take a hundred kilos
of heroin into the U.S....

and you don't work for anyone?

Someone is going to allow that?

That's right.

[ Speaking Foreign Language ]

After this first purchase,

if you are not killed
by Marseilles importers...

or their people
in the States,

then, uh, what?

Then there'll be more,
much more. I guarantee it.

And if it's all the same to you,
I don't wanna have to drag
my ass up here no more.

Of course not.

My man.

Soul brother, huh?
Soul brother.

[ Chattering
In Foreign Language ]

Fifty grand.
It's gonna cover them...

and the pilot
and the boys
on the other end.

Give 'em a hundred.

Fifty gonna
cover it, Frank.

Give 'em a hundred.
Give 'em the whole thing.
Here.

And, look.
That's all I got.

So if that dope
don't arrive for any reason--

Hey, listen.

Cousin or no cousin,
I'm a busy man, all right?

I ain't got no time
to be goin'
to nobody's funeral.

I'll let you know
when it's in the air.

My man.

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Phone Rings ]

[ Ringing ]

[ Ringing ]

[ Jay ]
Richie?
Yeah?

This fuckin' guy made me.
I don't know how he did,
but he did.

He went for his gun.

I had to do it, man.

There's a hundred people
out there heard the shots.

You gotta help me.
You gotta do something.

[ Woman Mutters ]

Where are you, Jay?

[ Doorknob Rattling ]
That's the problem.

Dispatch, I got a 1013.
I got a 1013.

[ Male Dispatcher ]
Copy that. What's your 20?

It's tower two.

Apartment 1-G.

Kent and West, in the projects.

Identify yourself,
please.

Detective Richie Roberts.

That's a negative.
I got no units
in that area.

Bullshit.

Please put the call out again.
I'm gonna need assistance.

Detective Roberts,
I got no units in that area.

Fuck you.
That's a negative.

[ Man Shouting, Indistinct ]

[ Woman ] What the fuck
happened in there,
you fuckin' pig?

[ Shouting Continues,
Indistinct ]

[ Man ]
Fuck that motherfucker!
Get his ass!

[ Man #2 ]
Yo, cracker,
you gonna pay for this shit!

[ Man ]
What the fuck you doin'?
What the fuck you doin'?

What you gonna do,
motherfucker?

Hey, hey. Be cool.

Be cool, all right?

I'll find out
what's going on in here.

[ Doorknob Rattling ]
Richie.

[ Pounding ]
[ Man ]
Open this door!

Open the motherfuckin'
door!

- Where's your backup?
- [ Man ]
You motherfuckin' cracker!

You got no backup?
Why is that?

[ Man ]
You gotta come out
sometime, motherfucker!

Bandage his neck.

Richie, he's dead.
I know
he's fuckin' dead, right?

Bandage his neck,
clean up his head,

prop him up on the gurney
so he's sittin',
and open his fuckin' eyes.

[ Man ]
Open this fuckin' door!
All right?

Let's go.
Fuck.

[ Paramedic ]
All right, clean him up.

[ Paramedic #2 ]
Okay, where's the solution?

[ Banging ]

Hey.

[ Doorknob Rattling ]

[ Man ]
Goddamn it!
Open this fuckin' door!

[ Pounding ]
[ Roberts ]
Give me your gun.

What?
Give me your gun.

[ Man ]
Get your punk ass
out here, man!

[ Doorknob Rattling ]
You have your badge?

I'm sick of your
motherfuckin' games!

Kill that
son of a bitch!
You guys ready?

[ Paramedic #1 ] Uh-huh.
Okay? Just keep
moving forward.

You all right?

It's okay. It's okay.

We're gonna take him
to the hospital.

We're gonna
take him
to the hospital.

[ Shouting, Chattering ]
It's all right.

He's okay.
We're gonna take him
to the hospital.

Step back.
Step back.

Be cool.

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Jay ]
He's alive.

What happened to Sy?
We're taking him
to the hospital.

[ Siren Blaring ]

[ Radio Chatter ]

Thanks, man.

Fuck.

That asshole
pulled a piece on me, man.
Can you fuckin' believe it?

Pulls a piece on a cop?
I had to do it, man.

Kill or be killed.

Fuckin' crazy world,
right?

What the fuck were you doin'
in the projects?

Yeah, investigating stuff,
man, you know,

just like you taught me.

Checkin' on guys,
following things up,

putting
the pieces together.

Guy was a dealer,
fucking dealer--
scum of the earth.

That guy didn't
pull a gun on a cop, Jay.

That guy pulled a gun
on a junkie.

The junkie was trying
to rob him.
The fuck you say?

What the fuck, man?
What are you doin', man?

The fuck is that?
That's my fuckin' money,
man!

I earned this shit!
That's mine! I earned it
doin' good cop work!

What the fuck is that?
I earned it
doin' good cop work!

You murdered a guy!
I earned it
getting shot at!

You murdered a guy!

You murdered him. You robbed
his money, then called me
to get you out of it.

That makes me an accessory
after the fact, motherfucker.

I'll tell you the facts.
Just write the report
the way I say it happened.

A-And then
that's the way it is.
A-And that's how it'll be.

I can't do that.

I'm a leper
because I listened to you...

and turned in
a million bucks.

No one will work with me
after that.

I can get off
this shit, Richie.

That's easy.

Just write the report.

Between us, as partners.

I can't do that.

Hey!

[ Grunts ]

Stop!

Fuck it.

[ Alarm Wailing ]

Open the trunk.

[ Protesters
Chanting On TV ]

LBJ, how many kids
did you kill today?

Get out, get out,
get out of Vietnam!

Get out, get out,
get out of Vietnam!

[ Man ] ...as loud as we can
that the Vietnam War
should stop.

And that the best way
to stop it...

is for the United States
to simply pack up...

and get out of Vietnam
right now.

[ Cheering ]

How we lookin'?

[ Chuckles ]

Typically what I see
is 25 to 45% pure.

I mean, there's
no adulterants, no alkaloids.
There are no dilutants.

It's a hundred percent.

May I?
Take it with you.

Thank you, Frank.

* Don't you ever *

* Be sad *

* Lean on me *

* When times are bad *

* When the day comes *

* And you're down *

* In a river of trouble *

* And about to drown *

* Just hold on *

* I'm comin' *

* Hold on *

* I'm comin' *

* I'm on my way *

* Your lover *

* If you get cold *

* I'll be your cover *

* Don't have to worry *

* 'Cause I'm here *

* Don't need to suffer, baby *

* 'Cause I'm near
Yeah *

* Just hold on *

* I'm comin' *

* Hold on *

How about two dimes?
Yeah, baby.

[ Baby Cries ]

* Don't you ever *

* Be sad *

* Lean on me *

* When the times are bad *

* When the day comes *

* And you're down, baby *

* In a river of trouble *

* And about to drown *

* Just hold on *

* I'm comin' *

* Hold on *

* I'm comin' *

* Just hold on *

* I'm comin' *

* Hold on *

* I'm comin' *

** [ Fading ]

** [ Plays Notes ]

I'll take it.

No contingencies,
no loan, no nothin'.

Cash.

Fabulous.

I'm not talking about
your proclivities, Richie.
Those I only know too well.

I'm talkin' about
being a cop.

[ Roberts ]
You're talkin' about
taking money?

I don't do that.
It's not my thing.

Well, what about your friends
from the neighborhood?

Do you still
hang out with 'em?
Yeah.

Play baseball on the weekends.
Wise guys?
That's gonna look good.

Guys I went
to high school with.
So what?

What about Joseph Sodano?

What about him?

Richie, I'm just
trying to understand
things your wife has said.

They're not true,
tell me.
Yeah, he's one of them.

Is he also
your son's godfather?
Yeah.

He's definitely
fucking her.

Do you really
care about this,

or do you just not
want her to win ever?

You know,
there's an interview room
on the second floor.

That's what I thought.
The door only locks
from the inside.

All rise.

[ Moaning ]

Oh, Richie,
fuck me like a cop,
not a lawyer.

[ Phone Ringing ]

Mmm. Don't answer it! No.

Yeah.

[ Man ]
Don't sweat it.

Yeah, miss you too.

Richie Roberts.
Hey, Norm?

Hey. Richie Roberts.

Hi. Detective
Norman Riley.

Hey, Norm.
How are ya?
Good.

So, is that him?
Yeah.

Picked a nice night
to come out, huh?

It's like Grand Central
around here.

It's been
like this.

I'm lucky
if I get home
by midnight.

It's like nothin'
we've seen before.

Is there something
I've got to sign?

[ Riley ]
Yeah, it's right over here.

I'm takin' this with me. I wanna
register it with Essex County.
All right.

America's public enemy
number one in the United States
is drug abuse.

In order to fight
and defeat this enemy,

it is necessary to wage
a new all-out offensive.

[ Newscaster ]
Federal authorities have
announced their intention...

to establish
special narcotics bureaus
in Washington, New York,

Los Angeles, Chicago--

A detective without the support
of his fellow detectives
really can't do much.

You know why
I don't have it.

Doesn't matter.
You did what
you had to do.

The greatest city
in the world,

and it's turning
into an open sewer.

And everybody's
stealing,

dealing.

Look at you. You can't work
because you did your job.

Good news is you're not
the only honest cop in town.

The special narcotics
bureau in Washington
is not a dog and pony show.

They are sincere.

I know this because they
want us to orchestrate it,

and I want you
to head up things
here on our end.

If it's federal,
who do I answer to?
The post office?

No, you answer to me.
Me and the U.S. Attorney,
nobody else.

You never step foot
in a police station again.

You work
out of your own place.

You pick your own guys,

guys that you know
would not take a nickel
off the sidewalk.

Here we go, Jimmy.
Come on. Oh, yeah.
Give it back to me.

[ Phone Rings ]

Huey's.
[ Frank ]
Huey. What up, boy?

- Yeah, who's this?
- Who you think it is, boy?

Frank.
Well, Frank who?

Frank your brother, Negro.

Frankie?
[ Laughs ]

That's right.

Hey, Melvin!
Melvin, where's Ma?
What?

Where's--
Frank's on the phone!

[ Melvin ]
Hey, Ma!
How you doin', Frankie?

Frank on the phone!

Say what?
Mama,
Frank on the phone!

Frank? Oh, my Lord.

Yeah, when? Well,
you just say it, man, yeah.

Listen, I'm gonna call
y'all back at 6:00.

I want you
to get everybody together,
all right?

Get Mama.
Get everybody, all right?

Okay.

* Hard times, hard times *

* Hard times seem like
they's here to stay *

Oh.

* Hard time, hard time *

Hey, Frank!

What's happening,
Frank?

How you doin',
Uncle Frank?

Get out the car.
Get the keys.

Oh, my Lord.

Oh, my Lord.

I'm so glad
to see you, boy.

Oh, I'm tellin' you.

This is some piece of land
you got here.

[ Laughing ]
I wonder what
the poor people are doing.

- And whose house
is that, Frank?
- That is your house, Mama.

Mine?
That's yours.

And who else?

[ All Laughing ]

Now, that's
my room right there.

Right over there, man.
Right over there.

[ Tapping Glass ]
[ Chattering ]

[ Mama ]
Shh. Listen.

I wanna tell you
how happy I am...

to see all my children
at the table...

and the grandchildren
at the same time.

My heart's so happy.

Enjoy yourselves.

I hope you got a job, boy,
the way you eatin' over here.

That boy right there,
he got an arm on him.

I mean, a major-league arm.

Oh, yeah?
Ain't that right?

Right on, Pop.

We'll see after dinner.
Let's see him throw it around.

No, no,
you can't catch him, man.

I'm talkin' about this guy
throw harder than Gibson.

We talkin' 95 miles an hour.

- Can you catch him?
- He gonna-- He gonna
catch the ground.

We might have
played catch, I think,
when I was about five years old.

Since then he ain't
been able to keep up.

This is your room.
Perfect.

Oh, why, it's--

Will you
look at this?

[ Gasps ]
Oh!

Oh, it's beautiful.

It's beautiful.
It's just--

H-How did you--
I had it made.

From memory.

You were five when
they took it away.

That's right.
How could you--

How could I forget, Mama?

Hon, I-I just tell you.

It-It is perfect.

It's all perfect.

I can't tell you
how much I love you.

I love you too, Mama.
I can't tell you--

It's okay.

** [ Latin Jazz ]

[ Man ]
Both these guys
are good with wires.

They got
solid informants.

They're honest,
and they're fearless.

They're insane,
Richie, like you.

Where are they?

Uh, that's, uh--

That's Jones with
the skinny white broad.

Best I ever seen
on the street.

Knows dope,
but he's together.

All right?
He's a stand-up guy
all around.

And that's Abruzzo with
the two fat black ones.

He-- He loves
a big ass, man.

He-- He's a bulldog.

He don't fuck around,
all right?

He's got a bit
of a temper, yeah,

but you could trust this guy
with your grandmother.

Listen, Richie.
We work together.

You want me,
you gotta take them too.

So when we start?

[ Ship's Horn Blows ]

The man I worked for had
one of the biggest companies
in New York City.

He ran it for more
than 50 years.

Fifteen years,
eight months and nine days,
I was with him every day.

I worked for him.
I protected him.

I looked after him.
I learned from him.

Bumpy was rich,
but he wasn't
white-man rich, see?

He wasn't wealthy.
He didn't own
his own company.

He thought he did,
but he didn't.
He just managed it.

White man owned it,
so they owned him.

Nobody owns me though.
Hey.

- How you doin', baby?
- Good.

That's 'cause
I own my own company,

and my company sells
a product that's better
than the competition...

at a price that's lower
than the competition.

Well, what we
sellin' here, Frank?

* Help me, y'all *

* I'll take you there *

[ Knocking ]
* Help me now *

* I'll take you there *

* Oh, mmm *

* I'll take you there *

* Oh, oh, mercy *
How you doin', Red?

These are my brothers.
Just got here
from North Carolina.

Everybody,
this is Redtop.
Hello.

Hey, how you doin'?
And the ladies.

[ Woman ] Hey!
[ Woman #2 ] Nice family.

What's wrong?
Y'all niggas ain't never
seen coochie before?

[ All Laughing ]
[ Man ]
Why they all naked?

[ Frank ]
So they can't
steal nothin'.

All right.

Most important thing
in business is honesty,

integrity, hard work,

family,

never forgetting
where we came from.

Thank you, Charlene.

See, you are what you are
in this world.

That's either
one of two things.

Either you're somebody...
or you're nobody.

Be right back.

[ Tango ]
Mmm. I need these fresh.

If I have to
come back here and get you,
you know what it is.

Tango.
We ain't gonna play that.

[ Vendor ]
Yes, sir. I hear you.
You won't have to come back.

What about you, Frank?
You need anything?

Where's my money?
Redtop gave you
the package.

You're supposed to be
handing me my money.

Here's a jar right here.
Twenty percent.

Oh, you got the jar?
That's right.

[ Laughs ]
Get the fuck
out of here, Fra-- Oh.

What you gonna do?
What the fuck
you gonna do, Frank?

Huh? What you doin'?

You gonna shoot me?
In front of everybody?
Huh? Come on.

- [ Gunshot ]
- [ Scattered Screams ]

Oh, shit.

There you go.
Twenty percent.

So, what was I saying?

[ Roberts ]
Uh--

This is the newly-formed
Essex County narcotics squad.

Our mandate is
to make major arrests.
No street guys.

We're looking
for the suppliers
and the distributors.

Heroin, cocaine, amphetamines,

no grass
under a thousand pounds,
no powder under 40 kilograms.

Any less than that,
then somebody else
can waste their time.

We're gonna be handling
the big shipments,

the big money
and the big temptation.

[ Jones ]
I heard a story about you,

that you found
a million dollars
in unmarked cash...

and you gave
that shit back.

Is that true?

Yeah, I did.
Anybody got a problem with that?

[ Men Laughing ]

So do I, you know?
I think about it every day.

I should be down
in South Florida
with a 68-foot cruiser...

doin' fishing charters.
[ Spearman ]
You and me both.

But, you know, I didn't.
So here I am.

And, uh, we'll be looking
to land some other
kind of sharks.

All right?
[ Abruzzo ]
Bingo.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Roberts ]
Hmm.

[ Jones ]
See that, Richie?
[ Roberts ] Yeah.

[ Jones ]
Now, this stuff is
your everyday stuff, you know?

But this Blue Magic--
twice the potency.

I mean,
it's the purest thing
I've ever seen on the streets.

Strong enough to smoke.

And that's for those
white suburban kids
who's scared of needles.

[ Abruzzo ]
I paid 10 bucks
for that.

And it's everywhere.
I mean, it's on
every corner out there.

So how is that possible?

Who can afford to sell shit
twice as good
for half as much?

** [ Funk ]

Hey, man, Frankie baby.
Good to see you.

Everything is good?
Yeah, man.
Just got back from Europe.

Over there for two months.
South of France, man.

[ Man ]
This way. This way.
Wonderful. Wonderful.

[ Cheering ]

You know
what I'm sayin', man?

- [ Man ]
Over here!
- Here you go.

Whoo!
Who is that?

Look at you,
my man.

** [ Ends ]

All right, all right,
all right.

[ Man ]
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Brown Bomber,

the champ,
Mr. Joe Louis.

[ Cheering ]

** [ Funk ]

Who's that with Joe?
Miss Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico?
Mm-hmm.

She a beauty queen?
For real.
Thebeauty queen.

[ Man ]
* I'm in the middle
of it all *

* While doin'
the dance *

* I said give yourself
a soul clap *

* It's a stone cold,
cold funky *

* It's good and smooth *

* Oh, it's a smooth *

* Smooth, smooth
Get on down *

My main man.
My mainman.

* It's a stone cold,
cold funky *

* Get on down
Get on down *

Can y'all excuse us
for a minute, please?

Yeah, sure, Frank.
Yes, sir.

Thank you.

What's goin' on, man?

What you smiling about?
I don't know.

What is it?
What's what?

Huh?
What's what?

Come here.

What is that
you got on?
What's what, man?

What--
Yeah, that.
What you got on.

It's a very, very,
very nice suit.

That's a very, very,
very nice suit, huh?

That's a clown suit.
That's a costume...

with a big sign on it
that says "arrest me."

You understand?
You're too loud. You're
making too much noise.

Look at me.
The loudest one
in the room...

is the weakest one
in the room.

I told you that.
All right?

You trying to be
like Nicky Barnes
and them?

What's your problem with Nicky?
I like Nicky.

I ain't got no problem
with Nicky.

Oh, you like Nicky?
Yeah.

You wanna be like Nicky?
You wanna be Super Fly?

You wanna
work for him, huh?

Share a jail cell with him,
maybe cook for him?
He wants to talk to you.

Oh, so now you talking
to him about me?
It ain't like that.

What is it like?
We were talking.
Your name came up.

About what?
I don't know, man.
I told him I'd tell you.

You know. Boy, you--

You know if you wasn't
my brother, I'd kill you.
You know that, don't you?

I'd blow your
motherfuckin' brains out.

Come on, man.
Don't be like that.

I'm taking you shopping
this week.

* See deep into you *

* And know what
you're thinking now *

* And if I'm
what you're needing *

* I need
some kind of sign *

* Let me know 'cause
I can't read your mind *

* Are you in *

* Or am I
in this on my own? *

* I need
some clue from you *

Hey.

You still owe me
that dance, right?
[ Frank ] Doc, come on.

Frank, check this.

[ Chattering ]

How you doing?

Hi.

Frank Lucas.
Eva Kendo.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, Frank.

You're Frank,
and this is your place?

That's right. I'm Frank,
and this is my place.

* Ooh *

* You play it so cool *

Why is it
called Small's?

Why didn't you
call it Frank's?

Well, when you own something,
you call it what you want.

Small's.

Or Frank's.
Frankie Small's.

Small's Frankie.

That's right.
You wanna let my hand go?

Okay.

You leaving?

No, I was going
to my table.

Okay. You need somebody
to go with you?

Yes?
Mm-hmm.

[ Spearman ]
All the cheesies.

[ Abruzzo ]
Hey, hey,
what do we got here?

You wash your hands?
I got one print of that.
You're gonna smudge it.

[ Spearman ]
There you go.

[ Jones ] Hey, Spearman,
what about him?
[ Spearman ] Who's that?

Joey Sodano,
Don Cattano's nephew.

Ah, yeah,
put him up there
by the big man.

He looks like
your uncle, Abruzzo.
[ Abruzzo ] But not as handsome.

[ Jones ]
He looks more like your sister.
[ Abruzzo ] Yeah, that's funny.

You guys should
take that show on the road.

So we need, uh,
Ice Pick Paul.

[ Abruzzo ]
Ice Pick Paul?
[ Jones ] Sure, yeah.

[ Abruzzo ]
Ice Pick Paul.
He goes way up here up top.

Ice Pick Paul is
a fuckin' soldier.

This guy's a lieutenant.
How's that even possible?

That guy is a soldier.
This guy's a lieutenant.

[ Spearman ]
You're thinking
of Benny the Bishop.

[ Spearman ]
Jonesy's right.

Which one of you guys has
ever seen Ice Pick Paul
selling drugs?

[ Abruzzo ]
Actually
seen it go down?

Yeah,
seen it go down.

Been in his place.
Seen him handle drugs.

That rat Ricky
has told us.

He's fuckin' dead.

About four weeks ago.

[ Spearman ]
Hey, hey.
He's dead.

[ Spearman ]
Well, we can take him
off the fuckin' board.

I don't think
we've got any solid evidence
on anybody on that board.

[ Jones ]
What are you saying,
Richie?

This is weeks
and weeks of work, man.

I'm saying take it down.
We gotta start again
from the street.

That's considerably more
than one year's salary,
Richie.

If it disappears,
we will not be able
to get it for you again.

That's yours.
Signing my life away again...

for a lousy 20 grand.

It has to be
Blue Magic, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
it's gonna be Blue.

You can pick it up
here tomorrow.

$20,000.
Just leave it there.

How'd you do?
Good.

Here he comes.

That's him?
Yeah.

That was quick.

Richie,
he goes into the city,
what do we fuckin' do?

Stay with the fuckin' money.
We stay with the money.
We can't go in the fuckin' city.

Yes, we can.
That's 20 grand in there
that I'm responsible for.

- I ain't losing it.
- It's out of
our jurisdiction!

- [ Roberts ] Follow the money!
- All right, all right,
all right, all right!

He's pulling over.

All right,
here we go.

Let me out here.

[ Honking ]

- Don't disappear,
all right?
- I'll circle the block.

[ Man ]
Move!

[ Train Rattling Overhead ]

Frankie, Frankie,
sit down.
What?

Happy birthday, gentlemen.
How you doing, huh?

What the fuck
is this over here, huh?

You going bowling?

Ah, look at that.
Strike.

What's between your legs?
What's in the bag?

Nothing.
Get up.
Get the fuck up.

[ Detective #1 ]
Get up.
[ Man ] It's not my bag.

[ Detective #2 ]
What's your real name?
Shut the fuck up.

[ Woman ] What are you doing?
[ Detective #2 ]
Sit down and shut up.

Don't you move.

[ Siren Blaring ]

[ Roberts ]
Hey, guys?

Guys. Officers.

Hey, I'm Richie Roberts
from Newark.

Uh, that's my money.

What the fuck?
What money?
What money?

The bills
are sequenced, right?

They're registered
with the Essex County
prosecutor's office.

Just check them out.

They all start
with CF3500.

Have a look.

It fuckin' registers.

I thought I had
a fuckin' Chris-Craft
sitting in my driveway.

Honest mistake.
If I could just
get the money, eh?

This time.

All right.
There it is.
All right. Thanks.

When was the last time
I was in Jersey?
Let me think.

Never.

What are you doing
coming over here
unannounced?

Don't you think
you could get hurt
doing that?

You got your
fuckin' money, Richie.

And never, ever
come into this city
again unannounced.

You come in to see
a fuckin' Broadway show,

you call ahead first,
see if it's okay with me.

No problem.
All right.

Let's go hit
some balls.

[ Roberts ]
Great suits, huh?

That your car?

That's a fuckin'
great car.

Have a nice fuckin' trip
back to Jersey.
All right.

Come on. I got a tee time.
Let's go.

[ Engine Starts, Revs ]

This is your father?

That's
Martin Luther King.

It is not.
Yes, it is.

Martin Luther King.
You know, "I have a dream."

Of course.
No, that's, uh--

He was just as important
as Martin Luther King...
to me.

What did he do?
Did a lot of things.

He was a friend
and served New York.

New York served him.

He was my boss, my teacher.

What did he teach you?

He taught me
a lot of things. He...

taught me
how to take my time.

Taught me that if I
was gonna do something,

to do it with care,
with love.

Anything else?

[ Yells ]

Taught me to be
a gentleman.

That's what you are?

That's what I try to be.
Come here.

Come here.
Sit right here.

Look at me.

I own about five apartments
in Manhattan.

Homes all over
the East Coast.

I could've taken you
to any one of them,
but I didn't.

- I brought you here--
- [ Mama ] Frank,
I was looking for you, boy.

Because I wanted you
to meet my mother.
[ Mama ] Oh!

How you doing, Ma?

- Is this her?
- Eva, this is my mother.

Hi. Eva.
Oh!

Nice to meet you.

She's beautiful.

Look at her, Frank.

She's an angel
come down from heaven.

Thank you.

Mr. Roberts.

I'm here
for our appointment.

Handsome.

Morning.
Morning.

Oh, sorry.
Our appointment?

Child Social Services.

* Good lovin' *

* Good lovin' *

* Good lovin' *

* Good lovin' *
Thank you.

[ Man ]
Hey, how are you?
Good.

* I was feeling *

She did mention
your name though.

The stewardess?

No, not the stewardess.
The lady from Child Services.

She mentioned
your name...

right after
she asked me...

if I associated
with any criminals.

- [ Boy ] All right, go.
You wanna see this? Go.
- Hey, boys.

Joey. Hey, Joey!

Get in the pool.
Go on.

Come on, come on.

So how'd
she get my name?

Laurie.
Hmm.

She's been saying
a lot lately.

A lot.

[ Sets Glass On Table ]

[ Sighs ]
You know, when you asked me
to be your son's godfather,

I took it very seriously.

I know. I know,
and I appreciate that.

And I said yes,
I would take on
this responsibility,

take care of your son
if, God forbid,
something happened to you.

Joe, the kind of things
she's saying
to Child Social Services...

made me look really bad,
all right?

You know, out all kinds
of hours at nighttime,

low-life informants around,
women--

Old friends like me.

Old friends
like you, yeah.

Uncle Joey!
Watch me, okay?

[ Squeals ]
[ Water Splashes ]

Okay, I understand.

They ask me, I'll tell 'em
what you want me
to tell 'em.

I'll lie for you.
No, don't lie.
You don't have to lie.

Just... omit
certain details.

Sure. All right.

Now, there's something else
I was gonna ask you.
Something else.

You don't have to answer
if you don't wanna.

"Blue Magic."
Anything?

Just a lot of sorrow
and misery...

from guys getting
put out of work, that's all.

What, your guys?
Just guys.

Anything about where
it's coming from?

Guys down south.
That's all I heard.

Cubans?
I don't know.

Uh, Mexico?
I don't know.

Are you telling me
it's coming in
from South America?

I don't know.

All I can tell you
is whoever it is,

they're upsetting
the natural order of things,

and that's all there is.

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Ringing ]

What's up?
[ Frank ]
My man. How we lookin'?

** [ Man Vocalizing ]

** [ Vocalizing Continues ]

* I was the third brother
of five *

* Doing whatever I had
to do to survive *

* I'm not saying
what I did was all right *

* Trying to break out
of the ghetto
was a day-to-day fight *

* Been down so long,
getting up didn't cross
my mind *

* And I knew there was
a better way of life *

* And I was just
trying to find *

* You don't know
what you'll do *

* Till you're put
under pressure *

* Across 110th Street
was a hell of a tester *

- * Across 110th Street *
- Hey.

* Pimps trying to catch
a woman that's weak *

* Across 110th Street *

* Pushers won't let
the junkie go free *

* Across 110th Street *

* Woman trying to catch
a trick on the street *

* Ooh, baby *

* Across 110th Street *

* You can find it all
in the street **

Frank, I want you
to meet Mike Sibota.

How you doin',
Mr. Sibota?
How are ya?

What can I get you?
How about a left-hander?

From what Charlie tells me,
your nephew.

Oh, this the--
Yankees.

Yankees. Yeah, yeah.
Hey, hey, Steve!

Steve.
Excuse me one second.

This boy's good, okay?
I want you to put him
on the Yankees.

'Cause you good enough,
ain't you?
I'm a Lucas.

Good enough
on a bad day, Jack.

Good enough on a bad day,
so don't make it a bad day.
Make it a good day.

[ Man ]
NYPD.

Excuse me.
Police department.
No, no, back up, baby.

Oh, hey, whoa!

Hey, hey, hey!

Takin' your
ass in, Jimmy.

No, no, you can't
take me in for that.

Where's the handcuffs?
I got a license
for that, motherfucker.

What the hell's
wrong with you?
You got a license for this?

Excuse me, all right?
[ Snorts ]

Oh, shit.
All right! Yeah!

I gotta arrest you
for that shit.

That shit's too good
to be on the street.

What are you doin', man?
You ain't gotta
arrest nobody.

You bribin' me now?
You bribin' me now?

Hell, yeah.
I'll tell you what.

I'll arrest everybody.
All y'all. You first.

He gonna bail you out.
Oh, shit.

Excuse me.
He's just gonna
arrest everybody.

- Look at him.
- Back it up, baby.

What was that?

Come on.
What's the matter
with you, man?

I said,
what the hell was that?
What was what?

[ Arguing ]
What's your
fuckin' problem?

[ Scattered Gasps,
Screams ]

Goddamn!

[ Yelling ]

He's all right.
I just shot him
in the leg is all.

[ Detective ]
Damn, Jimmy!

[ Scattered Gasps ]
[ Jimmy Groans ]
Get up.

[ Gagging ]

[ Piano Strings Vibrate ]

[ Wood Cracking ]

[ Groans ]

All right,
everybody, get out.

Get out!

[ Huey ]
Come on, Frank.
It was an accident.

[ Frank ] It wasn't
no goddamn accident.
He feels terrible.

He don't feel shit
'cause he coked up
all the motherfuckin' time.

He's your driver.
Get rid of him.

Come on, man.
That's your cousin.

It ain't shit to me.
He don't mean nothing.

What's he gonna do?
Go home?

I don't give a damn
what he does.
Send his ass home.

Hey, hey, hey.
Don't rub on that!

You blot that.
You understand?

That's alpaca.
That's $25,000 alpaca.

You blot that shit.
You don't rub it.
Put the club soda on there.

Simple Simon-ass motherfucker.
Listen, from now on--
I'll straighten him out.

don't nobody talk to me
directly, you understand?

You got business with me,
you talk to Huey.

Huey, you talk to me.
You got it?
All right.

Damn it, never on the phone,
you got it?

I got it.
All right.

And take them
goddamn sunglasses off.

Take the goddamn
sunglasses off.
Damn it, man.

Simple Simon-ass
motherfuckers.

[ Gunshot ]

[ Geese Honking ]

The whole place
was imported,

brick by brick.

Gloucestershire.

Who?

Great Britain.

Yours.

Here you go.

Pull.

** [ Piano ]

Come, Eva.

Um, I'm sure you're dying
to see the rest
of the house, hmm?

Of course.

Excuse me.

Thank you for
a wonderful lunch.

It was delicious.

What you think
of monopolies?

You mean,
like the game, or--

No, I just think monopolies
are made illegal
in the country, Frank,

'cause nobody wants to compete,
you know?

Nobody wants to compete,
not with a monopoly.

I mean, you let
the dairy farmers
do that, right?

Half of them would be
out of business tomorrow.

Just trying
to make a living.
Well, it's your right.

It's everyone's right.
It's America.

We just can't do it
at that unreasonable
expense of others.

Then it becomes un-American,

and that's
why the price we pay
for that gallon of milk...

could never represent
the true cost of production,

'cause it's gotta be controlled,
gotta be set.

It's gotta be fair.

Gotta be controlled by who?
I set a price
that I think is fair.

I don't think it's fair.
You don't?
I think it's--

I know your customers
are happy, Frank,

bunch of fuckin' junkies
that they are.
[ Laughs ]

But we fellow dairy farmers
out here, Frank--

Are you thinkin' of us?

You thinkin'
of them?

The dairy farmers.
Yeah.

I'm thinking
of them, Dominic,

about as much as they've
ever thought about me.

I'm just thinking
out loud now.

If you took some
of your inventory, Frank,

and you sold it wholesale--

Sit.

We could work.

We could do
some distribution.

I don't know.
I'm pretty good, Dominic.

I got 110th, 155th,
river to river.
I'm all right.

Well, it's kind of
a mom-and-pop store
next to what I'm talking about.

Let's go at least
bigger than Kmart.

I'm talking about L.A.,
Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas.

Let's go nationwide, huh?

I'm gonna guarantee you
your peace of mind here.

You don't want that?

You're gonna need it.

I don't know
how you view me, you know.

I'm kind of
a Renaissance man, Frank.

The people I deal with
on a daily basis,

they're not enlightened,
Frank.

You talk to them
about civil rights,
they don't know.

They're not open to change.

Not from the way
things are done
and who's doing it. Hmm?

I talk to them.

There's just
no misunderstandings.

And that's what I mean
for your peace of mind.

Yeah.

You're paying, what,
75, 80,000 a kilo?

I'm a Renaissance man too.

I'll consider 50,000.

Why would you
trust these people?

And the way
they look at you--

They look at me
like it's Christmas,
and I'm Santa Claus.

They look at us
like we're the help.

They work for me now.

I predict that when
I meet Joe Frazier,

this will be like
a good amateur fighting
a real professional.

[ Laughing ]
This will be like a kid
out of the Olympics...

[ Officer ]
That's gonna be Ali
in, like, three.

[ Jones ]
Oh, man.
Come on, cat. You dig it?

[ Frazier ]
You not fightin' Sonny Liston.
You fightin' Joe Frazier.

Everybody knows that.
That's not the point.
[ Abruzzo ] He's all talk, man.

[ Spearman ] Look at Frazier.
[ Jones ]
Ali gonna crush him, baby.

Stop me? You?
How soon? What round?

[ Man ]
Look, don't let him
obligate you.

[ TV Announcer ]
Tonight, March 8, 1971.

Here we are
at Madison Square Garden
for the fight of the century,

and by anybody's definition,
this is a happening.

There are handshakes,

and, of course, there are
utterly beautiful women.

But behind the smiles
and behind the handshakes,

you can feel the atmosphere
so heavy with tension,
it's almost unbearable.

Everybody who
is anybody is here,

like Sinatra,
like Graziano,

David Frost
and Diahann Carroll...

and Woody Allen
and Diane Keaton.

The celebrities
are pouring in.

[ Ali ]
The way you all build it up--

Life magazine cover,
Time magazine.

Everybody gives
their opinion.

Dempsey says I'll lose.

Joe Louis. And when Joe Louis
say I'm gonna lose,

I know I done won this one.

Joe Louis-- Joe Louis
always picks the wrong man.
Always picks the wrong--

Where Joe Louis at?
Joe Louis is here tonight.
Where Joe at?

Baby. Oh, God.

[ Ali ]
Float like a butterfly,
sting like a bee.

Not watchin'
the fight, Bob?

I'm not into boxing.

This ain't boxing, kid.

It's politics.

I got something
for you too.
Yeah?

Hmm?
A coat? For me?

Mm-hmm.

Do you like it?

The coat?
Yeah, yeah, it's nice.

Hmm?
What do you think?

Yeah.
You sure?

Yeah.

Mmm. Mmm.

[ Chattering ]

[ Man ]
Over here, Sammy!

[ Man #2 ]
Hey, Sammy, give a look!

Joe Louis, over here!

How's it going, Frank?

[ Crowd Cheering ]

[ Announcer ]
Now, ladies and gentlemen,

we have quite a list
of introductions.

We are now going
to introduce people
from all endeavors of life.

And not just show people,

because everyone
is here tonight.

Main event!
[ Bell Dinging ]

[ Man ]
Where's Muhammad Ali?

[ Man #2 ] Ali!
[ Announcer ]
Fifteen rounds...

for the undisputed
heavyweight championship
of the world.

There we go, Ali!

From Louisville, Kentucky.
He's wearing red trunks.

Champ,
this is Frank Lucas.

Here is Muhammad Ali!

His opponent, from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He's wearing green trunks.

Who's that laughing
with Cattano?

There. How'd he get
so fuckin' close to the ring?

Champion of the world,

Joe Frazier!

Frank, you gonna keep
that hat on all night?
I'm gonna miss the fight.

You paid for it.

- [ Man ] Put it on him, Joe!
- [ Man #2 ] Waited a long time
for this, baby!

[ Reporter ]
Joe, over here!

[ Referee ]
Good evening, Joe, Muhammad.

[ Man ]
You don't stand a chance,
Frazier!

[ Spearman ] Yeah, this guy,
he's a supplier at most
or just a pimp.

Otherwise
we'd know his name.

[ Roberts ]
His tickets were phenomenal.

Better seats
than Dominic Cattano, right?

Joe Louis shook his hand.

Who the fuck is this guy?

What's this?

That's the, uh,
plate off the limo.

Check with the company
who rented it.

** [ "Wedding March" ]

Right there,
Mr. Lucas.

Right there.
That's good.

[ Man ]
Lookin' good, Frank!

[ Man #2 ]
Right on, Frankie!

[ Woman ]
Congratulations!

- [ Women Shriek ]
- [ Laughing ]

She's the most
beautiful bride
I've ever seen.

That's my sunshine
right there,
Mr. Williams.

I wish Bumpy
had met her.

[ Woman ]
Throw it to me!

Get a picture.

[ Cheering ]

[ Bells Tolling ]

Well?
Come here, baby.

What's happening?
Sit tight.

Congratulations,
Frank.

Detective.

You sure you done
the right thing?

I mean, she's
a beautiful girl and all.

Hey, hey, listen.
Don't get me wrong.

Before you say anything
about me or about my wife,

understand this is
the most important day
of my life, Detective.

Oh, I understand.
I understand.

A man walks around
in a $50,000
chinchilla coat...

and never even bought me
a cup of coffee,

there's
something wrong there.

You pay your bills,
Frank?

I don't know
what you're talking about.
Do you pay your bills?

If you're not getting your
share, maybe you need to talk
to the chief of police.

What's my share?
'Cause you don't
even fuckin' know me.

Maybe I'm special.

You are special.

You see that
right there?

"Special
Investigations Unit."

Special.
Get it?

Ten grand.
First of each month.

Deliver it right here.

Are you done?
Oh, yeah. I'm done.

Don't forget your card.
Have a nice
fuckin' honeymoon.

Let's go.

[ Roberts ]
His name is Frank Lucas,

originally from
Greensboro, North Carolina.

Couple of arrests years ago.

Uh, gambling
and unlicensed firearm.

For 15 years,
he was Bumpy Johnson's driver,
bodyguard and collector.

He was with him
when he died.

He's got five brothers.

He's the oldest.
And a lot of cousins.

They're all
living up here now,

spread throughout
the five boroughs and Jersey.

The brothers are Dexter--

- What can I do for you?
- From Brooklyn.
He's a dry cleaner.

Picking up.

- [ Shutter Clicking ]
- Yeah.

Melvin in Queens
has got a custom furniture
and fire doors business.

This is right here?
Right there.

Terrence in Newark
has a hardware store.

Now, Turner in the Bronx
has got a tire shop,

and Huey Lucas,
in Bergen County,
has a body shop.

Is there
a manager here?

That's my price.
Oh, man, I'm gonna take it
somewhere else.

These businesses
are the distribution
and collection points...

for Frank's dope
and Frank's money.

Everything
about Frank's life...

seems unpretentious,
orderly and legitimate.

He starts early,
gets up at 5:00 a.m.,

has breakfast in a diner
in Harlem every morning,
usually by himself.

Then he starts work--
takes a meeting...

with an accountant
or with his lawyer.

Now, nights
he usually stays at home.

And if he does go out,
it's to one of two clubs...

or a handful of restaurants,
with his new wife.

Hangs with ballplayers--
It's fuckin'
Wilt Chamberlain.

friends, musicians,
never, never with
organized crime guys.

Sundays he takes
his mother to church.

Then he drives out
and he changes
the flowers on Bumpy's grave,

every Sunday,
no matter what.

[ Lou ] Not the typical day
in the life of a dope man,
Richie.

[ Roberts ]
No. Bumpy Johnson's life
wasn't typical either,

and he ran Harlem
for years.

So you're saying that Frank
Lucas replaced Bumpy Johnson?
Yeah.

His driver?
Yeah.

Sounds a little far-fetched.
But is it, right?
Is it?

Because everything
he does--

[ Jones ]
He's handing out turkeys, man.

he does the same
as Bumpy would have done.

And who was Bumpy
most likely to teach?

The guy he sees every day.

It's like a Sicilian family.

He structured
his organization
to protect him in the same way.

And if he was
with Bumpy for so long,

that means he would have spent
a lot of time with Italians,

definitely long enough
to learn that much.

But here's the thing.

I don't think it's Frank Lucas
that we're after.

Who we want
is whoever Frank Lucas
is working for,

whoever's actually
bringing the heroin in.

Okay. So what
do you have on him
that will stick in court?

Because this isn't it.

Without powder,
without informants,
no one's going to jail.

That's understood,
sir.

And I don't think
we're gonna get informants,
not from inside the family.

You know, unless
we get very, very lucky.

[ Chattering ]

All right.

Oh!
Oh!
Oh!

What's he done there?

** [ Marching Band ]

[ British Sports Announcer
Calling Horse Race ]

[ Doorbell Rings ]

[ Gobbling ]

[ Glass Shattering ]

[ Dinging ]

Okay.
Let's all join hands.

Lord, we thank you
for this food
we're about to receive,

the nourishments
of our bodies.

Feed our souls
with heavenly grace...

in Jesus' name
and for his sake. Amen.

[ All ]
Amen.

[ Syringe Clatters ]

[ Crying ]

[ Siren Wails ]

Shh, shh. Hey.

It's okay.

Come on.
It's okay. Shh, shh.

You better get yourself
ready, old man.

Come on, big man.
Throw the ball.

Get yourself ready,
old man.

[ Melvin ]
All right.
Come on, now.

Your pop said you
had an arm on you.

I'm gonna set your ass
in the grass, Uncle Melvin.

[ Melvin ]
Watch your mouth, boy.
Throw the ball.

[ Steve ] Damn, Uncle Melvin.
I'm a pitcher,
not an outfielder.

Steve.
Steve, come here.

Go on. Sit down.

Uncle Frank.
What's happening?

How you doing?
Cool.

You want a drink?
You know better
than that.

Just checking.

Why didn't you show up
for that meeting,
Steve, hmm?

I set it up with the Yankees
and Billy Martin.

Why didn't you show up?

I--
Don't lie to me.

I don't wanna
play ball no more.

I decided.

What you talking about?
You decided what?

That ain't what I want.
What you talking about?

You've been playing
since you was a little boy.

You ready to go
into the pros.
What you--

Frank.
You got a problem, man.

What do you want?

I want what you've got,
Uncle Frank.

I wanna be you.

[ Woman Moans ]

** [ Speakers: Funk ]

[ Knocking ]

My man.

Welcome, Frank.
How you doing, Nick?

It's all great.
Welcome.

Need to talk to you.
Great. Come on.

[ Frank ] Yeah,
everybody's good, Nick.

Everybody's happy--
Charlie, Baz, the Italians,
Johnny Law--

Everybody's happy
except you.

I don't understand
why you gotta take something
that's perfectly good...

and mess it up.

See, brand names.
Brand names
mean something.

[ Man ]
Bottoms up, baby!
Shut the fuck up!

Go ahead, Frank.

I'm sorry about
that bullshit.

Blue Magic.
That's a brand name.

Like Pepsi.
That's a brand name.

I stand behind it.
I guarantee it.

They know that
even if they don't know me...

any more than they know
the chairman of General Mills.

What the fuck
are you talking about?

When you chop my dope down
to one, two, three,
four, five percent...

and then you
call it Blue Magic,

that is trademark infringement.

You understand
what I'm saying?

With all due respect, Frank,
if I buy something, I own it.
No, that ain't true.

If I buy a car
and I wanna paint it,
I can paint the motherfucker.

But you don't have to, Nick.
It's good enough the way it is.

You can make enough money
off it the way it is
just by calling it Blue Magic.

Anything more than that
is greed, son.

Want me to change
the name on it?

I would have to insist
that you change the name.

Fine by me, Frank.
I'll call it Red Magic.
There you go.

Even though that
don't sound as good.

I don't give a fuck
what you call it.

Put a choke hold
on the motherfucker
and call it Blue Dog Shit.

I don't care.
Just don't let me catch you
doing this again.

"Catch me"?
"Infringement"?
"Insist"?

I don't like these words
as much as "please."

"Thank you." "I'm sorry
to bother you, Nicky."
These are better words you use.

You come in my motherfucking
club without an invitation.
Hear me?

My man.

Oh, shit.

Fuck, is that
the cops there, man?

It's all right.

What the hell
they gonna do,
give us a ticket?

Stuff's in the car, Frank.

What?

Some of it's in the trunk.

[ Trupo ]
How you doing, Frank?
I'm good.

How you doing, Detective?
How was your Thanksgiving?

Not so good,
as a matter of fact.
Get out of the car.

Give me
the fuckin' keys.
Where the Shelby at?

The Shelby's gone, Frank.

Shelby's gone?
Stay right there.

Yes, sir.
Right here.

Got anything worth
looking at in here?

Hey, that's that
Trupo guy.

[ Spearman ]
Is that him?
Yeah.

Fucking prick.

Whoa!
[ Detective ]
Whoo!

Come over here
a minute, Frank.
Yeah.

What we gonna
do about this?

[ Frank ]
We ain't gotta do shit
about it.

Close it up.
Throw it back in the trunk.

Everybody go home,
have some pumpkin pie,
warm apple cider.

Well, I got
a better idea.

Or would you rather me
throw you and your brother
in the fuckin' river?

Or would you rather
your house blows up
next time?

Hmm.

I loved that car.
I know.

[ Roberts ]
What's he doing?

Shakedown!

Somebody's getting
some money for
the Benevolent Fund.

Look at that shit.

Sorry, Frank.

It's all right.
Go on. Get in the car.

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Yells ]

All right,
you call me back.

[ Handset
Settles In Cradle ]

INS, IRS, FBI--
I can't get a damn thing
out of any of them.

Because they all think
you're on the take.

And you think they are.

You know, I don't think
they want this to stop.

I think it employs
too many people--

judges, lawyers,
cops, politicians,

prison guards,
probation officers.

They stop bringin' dope
into this country,

about 100,000 people
are going to be
out of a job.

[ Roberts ]
What the fuck is a microwave?

[ Joey ]
It's a scientific force,
like atomic energy.

Yeah?
Yeah.

It rearranges
the molecules.

Of what?
Of what?
Of popcorn.

[ Timer Dings ]

Of your head.

Stick it in.
Go on.

I can get you
one of those.

Brand-new,
just like this.

I'll have it delivered.

No, thank you.

Hey, where's that?

Aspen.
We just got back.

Had a great time.

You know who we met?
Who?

Burt Reynolds.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Yeah?
I'm not kidding.

A lot of people
from Hollywood
go up there now.

They're buying up
everything.

This is your place?

You know
what that's worth?

Ski in, ski out,
five bedrooms,
sauna, everything.

We were guests.

It's your place.

Isn't there
something we can do...

about leaving
the big guy alone?

You know who I mean.

I don't report
what you just said,

I could get in
a lot of trouble.

I do report it,
and the trouble is yours.

I'm hoping you
won't do that.

Richie, come on.
I'm not taping it.

How do you know?
Because we're friends.

And I'm telling you.
This is a real offer.

From who? Your uncle?

Why would you do this?
Why would you risk
our friendship?

Because...

I care
what happens to you.

You shouldn't
have done this.

I had to.
I had no choice.

Neither do you.
Richie!

You don't have
a choice.

Just leave Frank Lucas alone.

Frank Lucas?

Yeah.

You tell Marie I had
to leave. I'm sorry.

Tell her why.

Talk! Talk!
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

Are you Richie Roberts?
Yeah. So what?

You've been served.
I'm sorry.

[ Chattering ]

Laurie.

Look, I'm sorry I never
gave you the kind of life
you wanted, all right?

I'm sorry it was
never enough.

Don't punish me
for being honest.

Don't take my boy away.

[ Scoffs ]

What are you saying?
That-- That because
you were honest...

and you didn't take money
like every other cop,
I left you?

No. You don't take money
for one reason--

to buy being dishonest
about everything else.

And that's worse than
taking money nobody gives
a shit about.

Shh. Shh.
Drug money, gambling money
nobody's going to miss.

You know, I'd rather
you took it...

and-- and been honest
with me.

Or don't take it.
I don't care.

But then,
don't go cheat on me.
Laurie--

Don't cheat on your kid
by never being around.

Don't go out and get laid
by your snitches...

and your secretaries
and strippers.

You know, I can tell
by just looking
she's one of 'em.

You-- You think
you're going to heaven
because you're honest,

but you're not.

You're going to the same hell
as the crooked cops
you can't stand.

[ Door Closes ]
[ Bailiff ]
All rise.

[ Judge ]
Please, be seated.

Miss Dickerson,
before the court
renders its opinion,

is there anything else
you'd like to be heard on?

Yes, Your Honor.

Your Honor, a lot has
been said here today...

about how unsavory
Mr. Roberts's environment
is for a child,

how dangerous it is.

We tell him
to protect us.

We give him
that responsibility,
but then say,

"Oh, we don't trust you
to raise a child.

We don't think
you're fit for that."

I'm not.

You're right.

Being around me
is no place for a kid.

You take him to Vegas.

I'll come see him
when I can.

Your Honor, I just wanna
apologize for wasting
the court's time.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Man ]
* Sleigh bells ring *

[ Frank ]
Doc.

I see 'em.

There he is.

* In the lane,
snow is glistening *

* A beautiful sight *

* We're happy tonight *

* Walking in
a winter wonderland *

What the fuck
is this guy doin'?

- Hey!
- Champagne?

[ Doc ]
Merry Christmas,
Detectives.

For us?
Yeah. Enjoy that.

You fellas have
a good time, all right?

Mm-hmm.
Yeah.

Cristal.

* He sings a love song
as we go along **

[ Man On TV ]
The South Vietnamese troops
called in air strikes...

on Communist positions
inside the city.

Paying off Johnny Law,
that's one thing.

Ain't no problem with that.
I've been...

payin' off the police
since I was 10 years old,

puttin' more of their kids
through college than
the National Merit Award.

Give me one of them
round ones, yeah.

This is different though.
These... Special
Investigative Unit.

That's their problem.
They think they special.
Fuckin' crooks.

No code of ethics.
What you think?

Looks great.
Looks beautiful.

Good.

But the police, that's
ain't the only somebody
I'm worried about.

See, I'm seeing cars
where I ain't never
seen 'em before,

people I don't know.
Yeah, me too.

[ Eva ]
Ho, ho, ho.

[ Chuckles ]
Aw.

Merry Christmas,
Charlie.
Thank you.

Mmm. I love you.
I love you too.

Mm-hmm.

Here, take this.
Mmm.

Quick toast
and then I'll be off.

We're gonna have
a great time.

That's right, chica.
Mr. Lucas.
Enjoy your evening.

It's all clear.

- [ Cheering ]
- [ Nicky ]
Who is that?

[ Doc ]
It's your boy Nicky.
See him?

[ Frank ]
Yeah, I see him.

Just keep going.

Around back?

Hell, no.
See, I ain't sneakin'
in my own club.

Incredible.

Huh?
Increíble.

Come on.

Hold on, hold on.

What?

I want to wait in the car.

Frank,
I got it. I got it.
I'll wait for this.

I got it.
All right.

Get that yellow sauce,
all right?
Yellow sauce.

And the chicken.
The kung pao chicken.

Can you turn the heater on?

Shit.

I'm gonna go get
the keys.

Doc, give me the keys.

Here you go.

[ Engine Revving ]

Doc!

Get out.

You okay?
Yeah.

Shit. Come on.

Come on, baby.
You all right?

[ Whimpering ]
Let's go.

Was it Nicky?

We'll go right now
and fuckin' kill him
whether it was him or not.

You say the word,
Frankie.

We gotta do
something, Frank.

We can't
just sit here.

We're leaving.

All right.
Everybody, get out.

[ Turner ]
You all right, man?
Y'all go on home.

It's Christmastime.
Go and be with your families.
I'm all right.

Go on. Y'all go ahead.
Be with your kids.

Go ahead.

Where we gonna go, huh?
Spain somewhere? China?

Come on. Sit down.
Tell me where you wanna go.

Frank, we can go
anywhere we want.

No, we can't.
We can live anywhere,
Frank.

And do what, run? Hide?

Frank Lucas don't run
from nobody, baby.

We ain't going nowhere.
We gonna stay right here.
We gonna stay right here.

This is my home.
This is where
my business is,

my wife, my mother,
my family, my country.

I ain't going nowhere.

I ain't running from nobody.

This is America.

And you ain't going
nowhere either.

Huh?

[ Nixon On TV ]
A cease-fire,
internationally supervised,

will begin at 7:00 p.m.
this Saturday,

January 27,
Washington time.

[ Roberts ]
Call you back.

Within 60 days
from this Saturday--

Hey, hey, hey.
What are you doing?

[ Trupo ]
Richie.

Wow.

So, from what I hear
it was the Corsican mob
took a shot at Frank.

You know,
French Connection,
Fernando Rey,

the exporters that Frank
has put out of business.

Look, I can take care
of him in New York.

I just don't wanna have to worry
that every time he drives
across the bridge to Jersey,

someone's gonna take
another shot at him.

Richie, you and I gotta
start working together.

We need to step up
our efforts.

Next time,
their aim could be better.

We need to keep
this cash cow alive.

What the fuck
are you doing here?

Whoa.

Were you actually
gonna arrest Frank Lucas?

What's the matter
with you?
What, you don't know?

No.

Everybody in
New Jersey's crazy.
Oh.

You know
what we do here?

Cops arrest bad guys.

Before you get on
that bridge again,

you should
call me first,

just to make
sure it's safe.

"I'm more enlightened
than some of my friends.

I can guarantee you
peace of mind."

That's what
you told me, Dominic.

"I can...
[ Bangs Table ]

guarantee you
peace of mind."

I don't feel so peaceful.

Huh?

They tried to kill
my wife!

Who was that? Huh?

Maybe it was one
of your peoples.

I don't know yet.

You don't know.
No.

You don't know.

I tell you what I know.

Maybe I should
just put 500 guns
out there on the street...

and just start
shooting up some people
just to make a point.

Frank, it was a junkie,
right? It was a rival.

Some dumb-ass kid
trying to make a name
for himself.

Someone you forgot
to pay off.

Someone you slighted
without even
realizing it.

Could be someone
you put out of business.

For being so successful.
Look at you.
[ Chuckles ]

Success.
It's got enemies, right?

Lots of enemies. So...

your success
took a shot at you.

What are you gonna do now?
How you gonna kill it?
You gonna become unsuccessful?

Frank, we can be successful
and have enemies, right?

We can be
unsuccessful too.

You know,
we can have friends.

That's a choice
we make.

[ Man On TV ]
The final evacuation of military
and diplomatic personnel...

continued
throughout the night...

as North Vietnamese troops
marched on Saigon.

The imminent fall of the city
has brought chaos...

and a growing sense
of desperation--

[ Coins Clinking ]

[ Woman ]
Operator.

Yeah, Bangkok-367,
international.

One moment, please.

[ Phone Rings ]

[ Speaking Thai ]

Yeah. Nate.

Hey, Frank,
what's up, babe?

What's going on
over there?
It's all over.

Yeah, I'm watching the news.
What the hell's going on?

The game's over,
Frank.
Huh?

It's done.
Everybody going home, baby.
Give peace a chance.

Well, look, I'm not.
Listen to me.

I want 2,000--

[ Quietly ]
I want 2,000 keys in the air.

It's impossible, Frank.

All our resources
are going home.

Look, I'm
on my way over there.

Right now?
Yeah.

Oh, come on--

[ Man Shouting ]
[ Woman Screaming ]

Spearman,
wake the fuck up, man.

What?

[ Woman Yelling ]

- Where's my shit, Caroline?
- Don't hurt me, Jimmy!

[ Gunshot ]
[ Screams ]

- Jesus. Police!
- Police!

- [ Spearman ]
Drop the gun, Jimmy!
- [ Jones ] Drop the gun!

Let me see
your hands.
Jimmy, drop the fuckin' gun!

I'm not fuckin'
playing with you, Jimmy!

Don't shoot!
Don't shoot!

I got your gun,
and I got your prints.

You know what you got?
You got attempted murder.

Fifteen
fuckin' years.

Attempted murder's
the same as Murder One.
That's a grand jury.

Now, a grand jury could
come back favorably.

It could be reduced
to-- to manslaughter.

All right?
Maybe even self-defense.

It all just depends on
how we wanna deal with you.

You see where this
is fuckin' going, Jimmy?

Let's say you beat it.

What do you think
your cousin Frank
is gonna think?

He is gonna know
at some point in time...

we sat you down and
we talked to you like this.

Then you go to court.
You beat attempted murder?

What's he gonna think?
Is he stupid?

Is your
cousin Frank stupid?

[ Abruzzo ]
Answer him!

No.

He's gonna assume
that you talked.

But right now,
Frank doesn't know.

You want Frank to read
about this in the papers,

or do you just want
to walk out of here?

No bail, no trial, no jail,
just walk out of here today.

Your choice.

Opium plants
are hearty enough...

to outlive any war.

They'll still be here
long after the troops
have gone.

What are you going to do
for transportation...

when the last U.S. plane
goes home?

I'll think
of something.

You willsee me again,
that's for sure.

It's not in my best interest
to say this, Frank,

but quitting while you're ahead
is not the same as quitting.

* Only the lonely *

* Know this feeling
ain't right *

* There go my baby *

* There go my heart *

* They're gone forever *

* So far apart *

* But only the lonely *

* Know why *

[ Phone Rings ]

- Yeah.
- Hey, go get him.

[ Rapping ]
Whatever
you wanna do, baby.

Give me a second.
Right, man.

It's Frank?
Yeah.

Yeah.

Newark.

Short term.

Parking lot three.

Short term,
lot three.

Yeah, that's the Mustang
we talkin' about, right?

Okay, right.
What's the plate number?

K-A--

K-A--

[ Frank ]
7-6--
[ Huey ] 7-6--

[ Frank ] Zero.
[ Huey ]
Zero. All right.

There's no short term
lot three at Newark.

They got letters--
A, B, C, D.

I know.
Maybe he means
the time. 3:00.

[ Jones ]
This isn't
no Jersey license plate.

I mean, uh, nor New York,
for that matter.

K-A-7-6-0.

Yep.

Kilo Alpha?

A plane tail number?

Kilo Alpha 7-6-0.

You check
commercial planes.

You guys check
the private planes.

Everything, from
a little fuckin' Cessna...

to the biggest
fuckin' whatever, jet,
all right?

Check the military planes.
Where you goin', Jimmy?
You're not goin' anywhere.

Sit-- Sit down.

[ Bell Rings ]

Captain?
[ Man ]
Yeah.

Richie Roberts,
Essex County.

I know you're expecting us.

Here's our warrant.
We're looking on the plane.

[ Captain ]
Wait, wait.

Scotty,
stop all these soldiers.
Check their bags.

Every one of them.

[ Sirens Wailing ]

No-knock warrant.

Go ahead.
Start upstairs.

Where are they going?
Step in, sweetie.

Ma'am, please sit down.

[ Mama ]
What is this?

[ Roberts ]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
All this stops.

Hey, hey, hey, nothin'
leaves this area, all right?

Slow down with this.

All right, stop these trucks.
Everything off the walls.

Just pull it all down.
Damn thing's
a monster, Rich.

What is this?
Nothin' leaves this area
till we've checked it.

All right, Captain?
Nothin'. We gotta
take the plane down.

We gotta look at the trucks.
Every man here gets searched.

Read the warrant, sir.

Your husband's
illustrious career is over.

Now the feds are gonna come in.
They're gonna take everything.

I mean, they're
gonna take it all.

But not before
I get my gratuity.

So where's the money?
What are you talking about?
What money?

What am I talking about?
What money?

The getaway money
that Frank and every other
gangster keeps in his house.

If you leave now,
there's a chance
Frank might not kill you.

D-- D-- You--
Shut up! Sit down!

Sit down!

[ Man On TV ]
Defense today announced
the planned evacuation...

of all remaining
U.S. combat forces from Vietnam,

news that comes
too late for some,

as here on a solemn tarmac
at Dover Air Force Base,

this C-130, loaded down
with its sorrowful cargo--

a cargo of America's
bravest and best...

en route to their
final resting places.

You guys,
take this coffin down.

Open it.
I'm not doin' that.

[ Detective ]
Hey, shh, shh.

Hey, hey. Shh.

Great fuckin' dog, huh?

Hey, hey.

You stop this. Right now.

My warrant
gives me permission
to examine this plane.

The plane and its cargo.

Well, you don't have
mypermission.

I don't need it,
Captain.

Shh. Hey, hey, easy.

Easy, boy.
Come on, hey.

Frank, move out of the way.

[ Barking Continues ]

[ Dog Whimpers ]

[ Frank ]
Damn.

[ Man ]
That's enough!

Stay with these coffins.
Do not let them
out of your sight.

Got it. Okay.

[ Trupo ]
Hey, help me out with this.

That was a military
transport plane.

If there was heroin
on board,

then someone in the military
would have to be involved,

which means that even
as it fights a war...

that's claimed 50,000
American lives,

the military
is smuggling narcotics.

That is how this event
today will be interpreted--

that someone employed
by this office...

believes that
the United States Army...

is in the drug
trafficking business...

and is trying to prove it
by desecrating the remains...

of young men who have
given their lives...

in the defense
of democracy!

- There is dope on that plane.
- Shut the fuck up.

Is it any wonder, then,
that because of your actions,

the entire federal
narcotics program...

is now in jeopardy
of being dismantled...

as completely
and enthusiastically
as that fuckin' transport plane?

That is what you've
accomplished, Mr. Roberts,
single-handedly.

I had good information
that the target
of my investigation...

was bringing dope in
on that plane.

And that target is?
Frank Lucas.

- Who?
- His name's Frank Lucas.

Who's Frank Lucas?
Who does he work for?
Which family?

He's not Italian.
He's black.

I-Is that supposed to be
some kind of a joke?

You're this close
to the end of your career
in law enforcement,

you're making
fuckin' jokes?

My investigation indicates...

that Frank Lucas
is above the Mafia
in the dope business.

My investigations
also indicate...

that Frank Lucas buys direct
from a source in Southeast Asia.

He cuts out the middlemen,

and he uses U.S. military
planes and personnel...

to transport pure,
number-four heroin
into the United States,

and he's been doin' so
on a regular basis
since 1969.

I have cases
against every member
of Frank's organization.

Frank's organization?
No fuckin' nigger
has ever accomplished...

what the America Mafia
hasn't in 100 years.

And you would
know that how? Why?

'Cause your head is stuck
up your fuckin' ass?

Lou, do me a favor.
Get this fuckin' kike
out of here.

- Kike?
- Richie, no, no.

Hey, Richie.

Make it stick.

Spearman's with the coffins.
They're about
a quarter mile away.

Doctor.

What?

Fuckin' Trupo
came by the house, man.
It was bad.

Frankie.
Uh, I need to speak
with you a minute.

Please, sit down.
Listen.
I got to go.

Uh, will you please
come back a little later?

Thank you.

Ma, I gotta go, all right?
Just a few words--

Listen to me. I got--

Please, sit down.
Just a few words.

I been thinkin'
about some things.

You know, if you'd
have been a preacher,

your brothers would
have been preachers.
Right.

If you'd have been a soldier,
they'd be soldiers.
You know that.

I mean, they all
came here because of you.

I mean, you called,
and they came runnin'.

Right.
That's because
they-they-they look up to you.

Uh, they always expect you
to know what's best.

But even they know
you don't shoot cops.

Even I know that.

Eva knows it.
All right, Ma.

The only one who doesn't
seem to know is you.

All right, Ma.
I got to go.

I ain't gonna shoot nobody.
I promise you.

I never asked you
where all this came from,

because I didn't
wanna hear you lie to me.

I didn't want you
to worry about it.
Don't lie to me!

[ Sobs ]

Don't do that.

Do you want to--

Do you wanna make things
so bad for your family
that they'll leave you?

No.
Because they will.

No, I understand.
She will leave you.

All right, Mama.

I'llleave you.

Sign off
on that one.

[ Jones ]
We got coffins
on the move, Richie.

We want the transport coffins,
not the ceremonial ones.

Who are these guys?

[ Roberts ]
What does it say?

[ Jones ]
Bayonne Custodial Services?

[ Spearman ]
Bayonne-- Bayonne
Cleaning Services?

[ Abruzzo ]
Bayonne?
What the fuck is that?

[ Spearman ]
Give me the camera, Al.

[ Roberts ]
Bingo.

[ Jones ]
Holy shit.
That's the baseball kid.

Oh, yeah.
That's Stevie Lucas.

So what you
wanna do, Richie,
follow the trucks?

No, I wanna stay here
with the Lucas kid.

We'll follow that van.

Hey, you guys better eat up.

Gonna have a long night.

[ Man Chattering ]

[ Man #2 ]
We got one on your end, right?

[ Steve ]
Come on. More precious
than gold, man.

This is more precious
than gold.

[ Huey ]
We got a couple more.
Let's go. Stack that up.

Take it. Take it.

[ Melvin ]
Give me a second, man.
Give me a second.

Hey, yo, we got
four caskets left, man.

Let's make some
fuckin' money in here.

[ Abruzzo ]
What are they
loadin' in there?

[ Spearman ]
What the fuck are they
loadin' in there?

- [ Abruzzo ] That's the dope.
- [ Spearman ]
That's gotta be the dope.

That's gotta be.

[ Roberts ]
Hey, let's go.

Let's move.

Lou, it's Richie.

Got everybody in place.
Everybody.

- [ Lou ]
Are you sure this is it?
- I'm positive, man, okay?

All right?
They're cuttin' and baggin'...

in the south tower
of the Stephen Crane Projects
right now.

Hold the door.
[ Lou ]
Are you sure this is it?

- You're positive?
- I'm positive, Lou.
I am positive, okay?

Everything is ready to go.

All the guys are ready to go.
Just push the button.

Give me the warrant, okay?

Okay, you got it.

[ Elevator Dings ]

[ Women Chattering,
Laughing ]

[ Church Bells Ringing ]
[ Congregation ]
* O Lord, my God *

* When I, in awesome wonder *

* Consider all *

* The world thy hands
have made *

* I see the stars *

* I hear the rolling thunder *

* Thy power throughout *

* The universe displayed **

Got the warrant.
All right.

Let's go!

Move. Move.

[ Baby Cries ]
[ Elevator Dings ]

Hi, ma'am.
What's your name?

What's goin' on here?

[ Elevator Dings ]

Get down.
Get down, motherfucker.
Ah, shit.

Go.
Let's go, Al.

This way. Come on.

Come on. Move it, move it.

[ Dog Barking ]
[ Chattering ]

All set.

Roger.

Get ready.

[ Man ]
There you go.

[ Boy Laughs ]

Come on.

At target.

Spearman, stand by.

I got civilians
on the target floor.

[ Boy ]
What? Oh!

[ Woman ]
Hey, Tim.

[ Man ]
Girl, why don't you
get some clothes on?

What you doin' out here
lookin' like that?

[ Woman ]
Just for you.
[ Man Laughs ]

What's happenin',
sister?
How y'all doin'?

Where you goin'?
Where you goin'?

[ Boy Laughs ]
Come on.

- I'll get it.
- [ Grunts ]

- Where's Tim?
- Quiet, kid.

I got some sandwiches
for you boys, man.

Man, where's Tim?

Yo, man, Tim always
playin' around.

Hey, man, you got
some Blue Magic, baby?

Fuckin' junkie.

Yo, handle that.

[ Jones ] Man, I'm sick.
Come on. I got money, man.

You know me, baby.

Come on. Come on, now.
I need that Blue Magic.

Man, it's me, Boogaloo, baby.

Man, you know I got you.
I got money, baby.

- And one, two, three.
- Fuckin' junkie.

[ Grunts ]

Police!

Police!
Drop it!

Get down! Get down!
Drop the gun.

- Don't do it!
- Drop the gun!

Drop it!

Police! Police!

Oh, you motherfucker!

[ Bullets Whizzing ]

- [ Roberts ] Police!
- [ Screaming ]
- Look out!

[ Grunts ]

[ Roberts ]
Don't fuckin' move!

[ Abruzzo ]
I wanna see your hands!
All the hands!

[ Roberts ]
Police!

[ Abruzzo ]
Down! Down! Get down!

Stay the fuck down!

The mob will surrender you
into my hands--

[ Gasps ]

[ Barking ]

[ Screams ]

- Hey, man, what's
goin' on in here?
- Hey!

What the hell?

[ Yells ]

Stay down!
Down, motherfucker!
Stay down!

Hands! Hands!

[ Sirens Wailing In Distance ]

Out at home, baby.

[ Congregation ]
* Amazing grace *

* How sweet the sound *

Thank you.
You're welcome.

Y'all wait right here.

* That saved a wretch *

* Like me *

* I once was lost *

[ Sirens Wailing ]

* But now am found *

Mother Lucas, would you
please step back inside?
I'm a police officer.

Please, Mother Lucas,
step inside, please.

Respectfully, ma'am,
please step inside.
Thank you. Step inside.

* T'was grace *

- * That taught *
- Stay back, folks.

- * My heart to fear *
- Oh, man.

[ Chattering ]

[ Siren Chirps ]
Yo, yo, yo. Pigs.

[ Officer ]
NYPD. Everybody
stand still.

[ Man ]
Turner, go!

* How precious did *

* That grace appear *

* The hour *

* I first believed **

[ Roberts ]
...dead servicemen--

Our dead servicemen
returning from defending
our country in Vietnam.

Over there.

[ Applause ]

[ Gavel Pounding ]

[ Judge ]
Ladies and gentlemen,

at this stage
of the proceedings,

the counsels are ready
for their opening statements.

For the prosecution,

Mr. Roberts will proceed
with his opening
statement first.

Mr. Roberts,
are you ready to proceed?

Yes, Your Honor.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury...

[ Coughs ]

the State will show
and you will hear...

that Frank Lucas
is the most dangerous man...

walking the streets
of our city.

All right,
y'all get on out.

Let me, uh,
talk to Mr. Richie alone.

Come on, come on.
I pay y'all by the hour,
not by the minute.

Thank you.

Uh, you ain't wearin'
a wire, are you?

No.

Yeah, all right.

I was talking to my lawyers.

They said something to me.
I can't believe it.

Did you really find
a million dollars
in the trunk of a car...

and then turn it in?

Did you do that?
Yeah.

You did that
for real, huh?
My man. Good for you.

Shit. You know Johnny Law
got it, though, right?
Maybe.

Ain't no maybe
about it, Mr. Richie.

You know he got it.
You turned that money in,
he took it,

and you ain't get
nothing for it, did you?

Why you do that?

It was
the right thing to do.

That's true.
That's a good answer.
"It was the right thing to do."

The question I have,
the question
I been askin' myself...

is, "Would you do it again?"

That's a lot of money.
That's a long time ago.

Many car payments ago,
many child support payments ago.

So I said to myself,

"the onliest way to find out
is to find out."

[ Roberts ]
Bribery, extortion, murder,

racketeering.

[ Frank ]
Give me an address.

I'll make sure
the car's there.

I'll make sure
that money's in that trunk.

No, thanks.

You sure?

Come on, now, Richie.
What, you think
that impresses me?

Huh? You think
that you better than them?

You ain't no better
than none of them other cops.

In fact,
you the same as them.
You arethem.

Let me ask you this.
Do you really think
that putting me behind bars...

is gonna change anything
on them streets?

Them dope fiends is gonna shoot
it. They gonna steal for it.
They gonna die for it.

Putting me in or out
ain't gonna change one thing.

And that's
the way it is.
That's just the way it is.

So what we got, Richie?
We got me and you sittin' here.

We got that little
snitch-ass driver
from my brother.

You got a little bit
of powder.

You gonna need
more than that, Richie.

[ Roberts ]
I got possession,
supply, conspiracy,

bribing a law officer.

I got people who'll attest
to seeing you kill
in cold blood.

I got your offshore
bank accounts,

your real estate,
your businesses.

All bought with money
from heroin.

I got hundreds of parents
of dead kids.

Addicts who OD'ed
on your product.

And that's my story
for the jury.
That's how I make it all stick.

This man murdered
thousands of people,

and he did it
from a penthouse,
driving a Lincoln.

Aside from that,
you got nothing
to worry about.

That's pretty good,
but that's why we go
to court, isn't it, Richie?

'Cause I got
witnesses too.

I got celebrities.
I got sports figures.

I got Harlem, Richie.

I took care of Harlem,
so Harlem's gonna
take care of me.

You can believe that.

I got more
than that, Frank.
What you got?

I got a line of people
wanting to testify
against you...

that stretches out the door
and around the block.

You damaged a lot
of lives, Frank.

I got
the Mazzano crime family.

Remember those boys?
You put them
out of business.

Got nothing to do
with no Mazzanos. Mazzanos ain't
got nothing to do with me.

They got everything
to do with you.
What they got?

Know why?
Why?

Apart from the fact
that they hate you personally,

they hate what you represent.

I don't represent nothing
but Frank Lucas.

You sure?
Black businessman like you?

You represent progress.

The kind of progress
that's gonna see them
lose a lot of money.

With you out of the way,
everything can return
to normal.

My man.

You know what normal
is to me, Richie?

I ain't seen normal
since I was six years old.

Normal is seeing the police
ride up to my house,

dragging my little
12-year-old cousin out
and tying him to a pole,

shoving a shotgun in his mouth
so hard they bust his teeth.

Then they bust
two shotgun shells
in his head...

and knock his
fuckin' head off.

That's what normal
is to me.

I didn't give a fuck
about no... police then.

I don't give a fuck
about no police now.

Shit.

You know what?
You can do whatever
you wanna do.

It don't mean nothing to me
for you to show up
tomorrow morning...

with your head blown off,
you understand
what I'm saying?

Yeah, Frank.
Get in line.

That one stretches
around the block too.

All right.

What you wanna do?

You know what
you gotta do.

What you want me
to do, snitch?

I know you don't wanna
give up no cops.

What you want?
You want gangsters?

Pick one.
Jew gangsters?
Mick gangsters? Guineas?

They've been bleeding
Harlem dry since they
got off the boat, Richie.

I don't give a fuck
about no crime figures.
You can have 'em.

I'll take them too.

You'll ta--
You'll take them too?

No, you didn't.

You talkin' about police.
You want police?

You want your own kind?

They're not my kind.

If they're in business
with you, Frank,
they ain't my kind.

They ain't my kind like
the Italians are not yours.

All right?

All right.

What can you promise me,
Richie?

I can promise you,
you lie about one name,

you'll never get
out of prison.

You lie about one dollar
in one offshore account,

you'll never get
out of prison.

Now, you can live
life rich in jail...

the rest
of your born days...

or be poor outside
for some of them.

That's what I
can promise you.

I want them cops, Richie.

That's what I want.
I want them cops...

that took that money
out my pockets.

Him too.

Right. Okay.

[ Abruzzo ]
Hey, Freddie.

Hey, Spearman?
Spearman.

So these guys are all
connected up to Gwynn.

All right?
Say again?

And this guy here
is in uniform, spring '71?

[ Newscaster ]
Four police officers
were arrested today...

on charges of taking bribes
from drug traffickers.

Well done, Jimmy.

[ Newscaster #2 ]
The investigation
into police corruption...

that has swept
through New York's
drug enforcement ranks...

broadened today
with the arrest
of 19 more officers.

You're under arrest.
You have the right
to remain silent.

[ Newscaster #3 ]
In what is being called...

the city's largest
police corruption scandal,

32 more officers were indicted
today in federal court
on bribery charges.

[ Newscaster #4 ]
These police officers
will face stiff prison terms,

say federal prosecutors,
if found guilty.

[ Newscaster #5 ] A report
by federal investigators...

into New York's ever-widening
police corruption scandal...

claims that more than half
of the city's officers
assigned to drug enforcement...

have engaged
in some form of corruption.

[ Chattering ]

[ Newscaster #6 ]
Allegations
of widespread corruption...

within the elite
narcotics squad, S.I.U.,

have led to the arrest
of more New York City
detectives today.

[ Newscaster #7 ]
Convicted of extortion,

members of New York City's
Special Investigations
narcotics unit...

will face sentencing today
in federal court.

MacNamara, Vendazzo,

Trupo.

Youare special.

It's good work, Frank.

You know, uh--

You want a drink
or something?

Celebrate?

You got any holy water?

Check your property.

Sign right here.

[ Buzzer Sounds ]

[ Officer ]
Good luck, Frank.

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* And I judge everyone
one by the one *

* Look
Here come the judge *

* Watch it
Here he come now *

Don't sentence me, Judge.
I ain't did nothin'
to nobody.

* I can only guess
what's happenin' *

* Years ago he would've been
the ship's captain *

* Gettin' me bruised on a cruise
What I got to lose? *

* Lost all contact
Got me layin' on my back *

* Rollin' in my own leftover *

* When I roll over,
I roll over *

* Can't truss it *

* Can't truss it *

* Can't truss it **